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I’ve been busy “hibermaking” furniture while stuck in quarantine (I’m not sick, just being careful). I really enjoy all the time in my shop, but I do miss the outside world. I’m currently working on a TV stand for my friends. He wants to buy a new TV and needs a bigger stand to put it on. She wants something contemporary looking made from a darker wood. I’m making it out of Sapele with Wenge and Ebony details. I created an interesting detail to jazz up the legs. It’s a take on the Blacker House leg indent detail by Greene & Greene. A photo is included below. The inlay is Wenge and will end in Ebony plugs at the top. I’ll post pictures of the completed TV stand when it’s finished.

I changed the name because I realized you can put anything you want on the shelves and change them with the seasons. The concept in my head was wedding memorabilia, but anything will do. I put some better pictures on the “Live Edge Grandfather Clocks” page, but for now, a few teasers below. The slab is Cherry, the shelves and base are Jatoba. The mechanical clock movement is genuine Hermle Ravensburg. It stands 81″ tall and has 3.25 cubic feet of storage in the base. This clock costs $2750. Contact me at Beasley7Designs@gmail.com to arrange purchase and delivery.

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It’s been a while since I posted anything, but I haven’t wasted the time. I’ve been working on the wedding clock. Lots of it is taking much longer than I expected. Doesn’t really matter, it’s not about speed. I am close to finishing the wedding clock; close enough that I finished sanding and put a coat of finish on the back and base. I was stunned at what I found when I cleaned up this cherry slab. The picture is a bit shiny because the finish is still wet, but Holy Cow!!! I can’t take any of the credit – this is all Mother Nature’s work.

And just to kind of bring things up to date, here is the base for the wedding clock. It is made from Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry). The shelves are also made from Jatoba, those will mount on the other side of the slab along with the Hermle Ravensburg movement.

The Wedding Clock is progressing nicely. The live edge on the Cherry slab turned our beautiful. I have also milled all of the Jatoba ( Brazilian Cherry) for the base. I also had some time to design the candle holder for the Rhode Island Fine Furnishings Show. You can see it below or on the candle holders page.

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I took a few days to clean the shop, acquire some wood, and work on some new designs, then I started another live edge grandfather clock. this one is from a Cherry slab and will have a Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry) box base. You can see the slab in the photo below. I’m planning to add some shelves and movement by Hermele.

It’s finally finished. My first themed clock. The theme is the Lord of the rings. It was fun to make and I look forward to making more themed clocks. Themes could be anything – movies, people, sports teams, pets, etc. This one has a volcano, a map of Middle Earth, Dwarven coins and, of course, the one ring to rule them all.

It’s hot outside, which means it’s hot in the shop. Really hot. below is the temperature and humidity gauge I keep on my table saw fence. Yes that’s 96.4 degrees and it’ snot even the hottest part of the day. I don’t have AC, but I do keep a dehumidifier running in the shop so at least it’s only 37% humidity (versus 53% in the house and 88% outside).

In spite of all the heat, I made a lot of progress. below is a gallery of all the parts that will come together. The slab stood up for the first time and you can see it stands by itself. You can picture the slab and base sitting on top of the drawer and case. You can also imagine the map in the map drawer in the base. Hopefully, my next post will be a completed clock.

The map goes in the drawer the drawer goes in the base

And this sits on top of it all.

The slab portion of the clock is nearly done. Obviously I need to add the hands and movement to the clock face. You can see all the elements coming together. The Dwarven coins, the waterfall, the volcano and the one ring that rules them all are all set. Still working on the base and the map of Middle Earth has finally arrived. Hope to have the clock nearly complete by next week’s post.

It always feels good to be on the winning end of a trade. And I think I did just that. If you remember the Greene & Greene quilt box I made (photo in the May 6 post below), I traded it to a friend of mine for a quilt. She’s a quilter extraordinaire as evidenced by the photo of the quilt below.

As for the Lord of the Rings clock. I’ve made significant progress. The volcano is done, all the coins mounted, the base formed and rough sanded and the front and back of the clock is rough sanded. I will put pictures up in the next day or so. For now, enjoy the quilt.

Made some progress on the base. You can see the progress in the photos below. I worked the walnut from rough lumber, to cut and smoothed boards and then cut to size. You can start to see the base taking shape. Forgot a basic safety rule and triggered the brake on my SawStop. That brought progress to a halt until I could get another brake and replacement blade. The epoxy turned out really nice. You can see The Ring and one of the coins below. The map of Middle Earth still hasn’t arrived, so I’m a little leery of starting the map drawer. But I might have to. It’s still really humid and I need to get the base assembled before the wood starts warping.